Honoring Sacred Heart's history with the Marist Community
Marist Chapel of St. Peter Chanel
As part of the redecorating project For Such a Time as This, we are creating an adoration chapel in the underutilized space to the right of the altar. In honor of Sacred Heart’s history and relationship with the Marist community, the chapel will be named – The Marist Chapel of St. Peter Chanel.
The chapel includes a beautiful stand for the monstrance, that has been fashioned from historic furnishings of the church, including alabastar columns and a marble top from the old tabernacle stand, and the brass front is from the old Ambo. This is in keeping with our goal to create a welcoming environment that supports the various liturgies that occur within it, is balanced and appropriate for a Basilica, follows current liturgical guidelines, and respects the history of Sacred Heart.
The above view is from the opened Sanctuary doors looking into the chapel toward the original stained glass windows on the south wall of the church. Please notice the original lanterns from the church,
The chapel is entered from the Sanctuary using the existing, refinished doors with the addition of stained glass, similar to these, to honor Bishop Gunn, our first pastor, and The Most Reverend Joel M. Konzen, S.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, and former president of Marist School.
To comfortably accommodate those who wish to participate in adoration, prayer, or reflection in the chapel, it includes some chairs from the current Sanctuary, the pew used by Mother Teresa during her visit in 1995, and the refurbished historic brass Marist prie-dieu kneelers that date from the early 1900s.
Paintings of St. Peter Chanel and St. Teresa of Calcutta (familiar to us as Mother Teresa) are on the walls that flank the stand for the monstrance.
Oil paintings by Cathy Ehrler, long-time Sacred Heart parishioner and local artist.
The Marist Chapel of St. Peter Chanel provides a fitting and beautiful space where the Basilica parishioners and others can worship God through eucharistic adoration and deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ.
Marist Chapel Recognition Opportunities
- Design and redecorate – $40,000
- Develop and construct a monstrance stand – $30,000
- Marian monstrance – $25,000
- Stained glass window featuring Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, for the chapel door – Reserved
- Stained glass window featuring Bishop John E. Gunn, SM, for the chapel door – $15,000
- Retrofit and refurbish two pendant lanterns from the nave – $12,500
- Original oil painting depicting St. Peter Chanel, SM – $10,000
- Original oil painting depicting St. Teresa of Calcutta – $10,000
- Carrara marble flooring – $10,000
- Restore historic Marist kneelers – $7,500
- Refurbish St. Teresa of Calcutta pew – $5,000